Scottish Recipes - Tattie Fritters

My dad would make these yummy fritters when my younger sister and I were small

My mum is defiantly the cook in the family but there were speciality items that my dad would make and Tattie Fritters were amongst those 'dad items'

These deep fried delights are thick sliced potato disks that are then dipped in homemade batter and fried to make them fluffy and warm on the inside and hot and crispy on the outside

Fantastic with malt vinegar (a very British classic condiment) and oodles of salt

I seriously have not had these since I was a teenager

In fact I asked Mr Tartan Tastes if he had ever had them and if he liked them, I really had no idea he loved them too, as I have never made these my whole married life and we've been married a while....

Tattie fritters get no prize for being heathy and slimming, but a little fried comfort food once in a while is ok around here

So, in keeping with the deep fried theme since I bought my fryer last month....

Here are Tattie Fritters

Makes as many as you fancy

You will need

Potatoes (peeled and thick sliced)

Potatoes

For the Batter150g All Purpose (Plain) Flour15g Baking PowderPinch of SaltSparkling Water (gives the batter its crispiness)

Ingredients - do you like my Tartan welly boot salt?

First peel and slice the potatoes, set Fryer oil to 325F

Potatoes peeled and cut

To make batter, first sieve Flour, Baking Powder and salt into a bowl

Sieve the flour etc

Add sparkling water, a little at a time, to make a medium consistency batter

Add the water

Batter mix

Dip the slices of potato into the prepared batter

Dip in the potato

Fry (without a basket - the batter will stick to the basket) for 10 minutes untilgolden and crispy

Deep fried Potato fritters

Once fried, lay onto paper towel to drain

Enjoy straight away, while nice and hot and crispy

Tattie Fritters

Potato Fritters

Like I said before, to enjoy these the Scottish way, serve with malt vinegar and lots and lots of salt

Malt Vinegar

YUM

You can serve them as a great tasty snack or as part of a meal

Thanks for dropping by and I hope you try these and get to see just how delicious these are

Peg I got my salt and pepper wellies from Muddy Boots Farm near Cupar, really nice place for lunch and a bounce on a giant outdoor pillow ands to the fun!!! They have a cute gift shop and thats where I bought the wellies

Hi Angela, I'm sure my sons would love these potatoes (so would I :) - so I'm gonne try the recipe this weekend! We don't have malt vinegar in Denmark - would you think something else would go with the potatoes, like Balsamico?

G-Day, I remember my Dad making these when we were kids, same as you do, of course there were never enough made for us kids, I have been hanging out for a feed of these, thanks for giving my old brain a nudge, I'm off to get the ingredients, cheers mate, J.C.

As a Glaswegian I think they taste better if the potatoes are parboiled first, it prevents the possibility of ending up with hard fritters also they are great if You use chilled lager instead of water for the batter and works great with deep fried fish Enjoy !!!

My grandfather was from Glasgow and taught my grandmother how to make them almost 90 years ago. She taught my mother who taught me. While I never met my grandfather (he died when I was a baby)I think of him every time I make these. They are my favorite comfort food. Karen in Troy, NY (USA)

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